чухна

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чухно (čuxno), from чудь (čudĭ) with an expressive suffix -хно (-xno). For the suffix compare given names Михно́ (Mixnó), Яхно́ (Jaxnó), Махно́ (Maxnó), Юхно́ (Juxnó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊxˈna]

Noun

чухна́ • (čuxná) m anim or f anim (genitive чухны́, nominative plural чу́хны, genitive plural чу́хон, relational adjective чухо́нский)

1. (derogatory) member of the various Finnic peoples living near Saint Petersburg; especially Estonians or Finnish people

   Synonym: чухо́нец (čuxónec)

Declension

Declension of чухна́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чухна́ čuxná	чу́хны čúxny
genitive	чухны́ čuxný	чу́хон čúxon
dative	чухне́ čuxné	чу́хнам čúxnam
accusative	чухну́ čuxnú	чу́хон čúxon
instrumental	чухно́й, чухно́ю čuxnój, čuxnóju	чу́хнами čúxnami
prepositional	чухне́ čuxné	чу́хнах čúxnax

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:чухна.

Descendants

• → Finnish: tsuhna, tšuhna, suhna
• → Ingrian: cuhna

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чухна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress